Traveling through Tianlong: Starting from the Zhenlong chess game

Chapter 237 Happy Past

After the uncle and nephew looked at each other and smiled, Wu Xingyun also asked about Zhao Mu's recent situation.

Zhao Mu also told Wu Xingyun truthfully. Except that he and Li Qiu Shui were "playing in the water" and the whereabouts of Li Qiu Shui were omitted, he told her everything else.

He said that he had learned his sect's Xiao Wuxiang Kung Fu from Li Qiu Shui, as well as the Murong family's Star Shifting Skill. However, the power of Baihong Palm and Tianshan Six Yang Palm were in conflict with each other, so Li Qiu Shui did not teach him.

Zhao Mu also asked Wu Xingyun whether the Tianshan Liuyang Palm and Baihong Palm really contradict each other, and Wu Xingyun's answer was the same as what Li Qiushui said.

Wu Xingyun used the jade pot in front of her to serve Zhao Mu tea again. She asked, "Xiao Mu, what are your plans next?"

Zhao Mu looked at the setting sun outside the window, and then said: "It's getting dark, and it's time to go home. It's been half a year since I came out this time. Although I don't hold an official position in the court, as a close minister of the emperor, The prince-in-law of Dali has been missing for four or five months all of a sudden, and I’m afraid the people in Bianjing are getting anxious.”

Wu Xingyun also nodded silently, and she asked: "Are you going back now? My uncle originally wanted to ask you to stay here for a while. But you have official business, so my uncle will not force you to stay. But before I leave, my uncle will give you two more gifts."

Zhao Mu asked: "Oh? What gift?"

As she spoke, Wu Xingyun walked to the bookshelf nearby, and she casually took out a drawing on it. Then he walked to the weapons rack nearby and took down a long sword from it.

Wu Xingyun returned to the table with the drawings and sword, and she said, "Let's take a look!"

Zhao Mu first took the long sword from Wu Xingyun. He pulled out the long sword and heard the clear sound of unsheathing it.

He then carefully looked at the sword in his hand, and saw that it was shining with cold light. Zhao Mu waved it lightly and felt the sword's edge rustle.

Zhao Mu praised: "What a sword! What a sword! Master, does this sword have a name?"

Wu Xingyun replied: "Tongguang! I will throw away Zhuo Bufan's piece of scrap metal for you. How can the leader of the Xiaoyao Sect use such a thing!"

Zhao Mu flicked the sword lightly, and listened to the sweet sword sound and exclaimed: "Be the same as its light, the same as its dust. This name really fits my Taoist model. The uncle passed this sword to his nephew because he wanted to Do you want to warn my nephew to temper his temper in the future?"

Wu Xingyun shook his head and said: "Of course not. The master gave you this gift just because I can't use this sword. This long sword was left by the ancestor Xiaoyaozi. The master passed it down back then. For me as the first disciple. It’s just that I am good at holding hidden weapons, and I don’t like to use weapons like that bitch. To me, this sword is just a souvenir left by the master. And I see you Although my swordsmanship is unfamiliar, I like to use it on daily basis. This thing is of no use to me, so I might as well give it to you."

Zhao Mu didn't expect that the sword in his hand was left by his ancestor Xiaoyaozi.

Wu Xingyun continued: "As for the name 'Tongguang', it does not mean 'harmony with light and dust', it just means the time when this sword was cast."

Wu Xingyun's answer surprised Zhao Mu. Zhao Mu recalled it and said, "Oh? If the name of this sword refers to the time when it was cast, then Tongguang Tongguang seems to be the reign name of Zhuangzong Li Yazi of the Later Tang Dynasty. It's just that This reign name Li Yazi only used for four years, which is not a long time. Since this sword is the sword of the ancestor, why is it called this name?" Wu Xingyun replied: "Master and Li Yazi were good friends back then. The Tang Dynasty has been around since the Huangchao Rebellion. After that, the sun was declining, and in the following decades, the feudal towns were divided and people were devastated. The master was also born in the chaotic world of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. At that time, the master admired Li Yazi's virtues, so he volunteered to join him. Although the master was much younger than Li Yazi, But the master was quick-thinking and brave when he was young, and was worthy of Li Yazi brothers. The master thought that Li Yazi could imitate Emperor Guangwu and revive the Tang Dynasty, and completely end the obscurity of the world."

"So the master went to war with Li Yazi that year and completely ended the Daliang regime of the traitor Zhu Wen who usurped the Tang Dynasty. After destroying the Liang Dynasty, Li Yazi, in order to celebrate his accession to the throne, asked the best forgers to cast weapons for his capable ministers. The master captured Daliang alive that year. Zhushi Wang Yanzhang was the first to destroy Liang. He was given this long sword named after the emperor's reign."

"But the master eventually met someone unkind. After Li Yazi destroyed Liang and took over the Central Plains and the two Sichuan lands, he became filled with arrogance. He overhauled palaces, plundered people's wealth, was suspicious of heroes, favored actors, and even gave himself a stage name as an emperor. "Li Tianxia". This made the master very disappointed in him, and in the end Li Yazi also died in the feud between brothers. After Li Yazi's death, the master became disheartened and concentrated on practicing Taoism, and like Laojun, he went west to Hanguan I no longer care about the affairs of the world. It wasn’t until I came to the Paradise of Cave in the Piaomiao Peak of the Tianshan Mountains that I established a hut and practiced Taoism. Only then did I establish the foundation of the Xiaoyao Sect.”

After Zhao Mu heard the origin of the sword, he carefully put it away.

Compared to this gift, Zhao Mu was more curious about the story behind it.

Zhao Mu then asked: "By the way, uncle, how did you meet the ancestor back then? And how did the master's wife and master become the disciples of the ancestor? Before, the master's wife once called the former head of the Murong family 'Murong old thief', Then uncle, have you seen Murong Longcheng? What grudges does the Patriarch have with him?"

Seeing Zhao Mu acting like a curious baby, Wu Xingyun smiled and said, "What? You want to hear a story? But that was nearly a hundred years ago. What's the point of telling these stories about old sesame seeds and rotten millet?"

Naturally, Zhao Mu would not let go of this good opportunity to get a glimpse of the past and present lives of the three Xiaoyao elders. He then said: "Master, just tell me. The kid is very curious."

Wu Xingyun couldn't resist Zhao Mu, and then looked at the sunset outside the window and sighed: "Oh! It has been nearly a hundred years. But since you are interested in listening, the old lady will just say a few more words. But where to start? Or else? Let’s start with when Master returned eastward.”

Wu Xingyun then began to talk about the past of Xiaoyao Sect.

The Xiaoyao sect back then could not be called a sect, it was just a few thatched cottages owned by Xiaoyaozi on Tianshan Mountain.

Xiaoyaozi understood the Tao on this Tianshan Mountain. Based on the "Huang Lao Zhi Xue" and the theories of some Taoist sages including Zhuang Zhou, plus his own perception of "Tao", he created many unique skills of the Xiaoyao sect.

And when Xiaoyaozi was in his sixties, he embarked on his journey back east.

When Xiaoyaozi returned to China, it was already the end of the Five Dynasties. At that time, Zhao Kuangyin was only a general of the Later Zhou Dynasty.

Hearing Wu Xingyun mention Zhao Kuangyin, Zhao Mu quickly interrupted: "Okay, Master! You can skip this section. If you want to talk about the past events of Taizu's usurpation, as a descendant of Taizu, I know it better than anyone else. "

When Wu Xingyun heard this, he smiled and said, "Oh? In your eyes, the Emperor of the Song Dynasty's 'concession' became 'usurpation'?"

Zhao Mu smiled bitterly and said: "A gentleman talks about his deeds but not his heart. The so-called 'concession' is nothing more than a trick used by those who seek power and usurp the throne in the past to deceive the ignorant people. Whether it is the Cao Wei Dynasty and the Han Dynasty, or the Song Dynasty and the later Zhou Dynasty, it is essentially the same. It is an act of tampering from the bottom to overcome the top. There is no difference, but some bottom lines are lower and some bottom lines are higher. Only stupid fools will believe that these tricks are 'subject to nature' and even use them as conversation topics. . I, the Song Dynasty, valued literature over military affairs, just like Cao Wei and Cao Wei, who valued the clan and the righteousness of the ninth rank. In the final analysis, it was just because I was not in the right position and I was afraid that other people would do the same to me. "

(End of this chapter)